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  • Flying through Paris. Circa 1976

    The film shows an 8-minute drive through Paris in the early hours of the morning, accompanied by sounds of a high-revving engine, gear changes and squealing tires. It starts in a tunnel of the Paris Périphérique at Porte Dauphine, with an onboard view from an unseen car exiting up on a ramp to Avenue Foch. Well known landmarks such as the Arc de Triomphe, Opéra Garnier, and Place de la Concorde with its obelisk are passed, as well as the Champs-Elysées. Pedestrians are passed, pigeons sitting on the streets are scattered, red lights are ignored, one-way streets are driven up the wrong way, centre lines are crossed, the car runs on a sidewalk to avoid a garbage truck. The car is never seen as the camera seems to be attached below the front bumper, judging from the relative positions of other cars, the visible headlight beam and the final shot when the car is parked in front of curbstones on the Sacre Coeur hill. Here, the driver gets out and embraces a young blonde woman as bells ring in the background.

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    Re: Flying through Paris. Circa 1976

    The Car, the person...

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    • #3
      Re: Flying through Paris. Circa 1976

      It doesn't matter how many times I've seen that video, it still gets me every time.

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      • #4
        Re: Flying through Paris. Circa 1976

        A classic!
        Blair
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        • #5
          Re: Flying through Paris. Circa 1976

          Did he do that in the old benz?
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          • #6
            Re: Flying through Paris. Circa 1976

            You better believe it buddy!

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            Jayson
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            • #7
              Re: Flying through Paris. Circa 1976

              I always thought that vid was made w/ a Ferrari???? That sure doesn't sound like a Benz, although it does look slow enough in the vid to be one more-so than a Ferrari.
              Chris

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              • #8
                Re: Flying through Paris. Circa 1976

                Reminds me of the getaway in Stockholm videos. Although not as fast and illegal.
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                • #9
                  Re: Flying through Paris. Circa 1976

                  The getaway in Stockholm is another one of my favourites!

                  I'm glad someone else has seen it.

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                  Jayson
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